New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

Huss hosted The Associated Press for a visit to the sprawling glacier this month, as he carried out his first monitoring mission as summer temperatures accelerate the thaw. Under normal conditions, ...

In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

Melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic is putting incredible pressure on animals like polar bears, penguins, seals, and walruses, threatening their survival as their habitats shrink and food ...

Washington State UniversityNews Family Ask Dr. Universe: Global warming is melting the ice polar bears depend on Mon., Jan. 20, 2025 A polar bear swims in icy water near Svalbard, Norway, at the ...

Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low-fat, low-ice diet because of climate change. And it ...

Polar bears feed like crazy in the ice-covered spring. They use the sea ice platforms as bases to hunt their favorite prey, high-fat seals, especially baby seals.